Upstander parents look, listen, and take action on behalf of their children, going the extra mile to ensure their children get the education they need and deserve. For gifted Black students, this attention and advocacy can be essential to help them reach their full potential and overcome the social and psychological barriers confronting them at school. When bystander teachers and administrators let Black children down, upstander parents stand in the gap to make a difference. One way that parents can advocate for their gifted children is by encouraging acceleration, one of the oldest and most researched forms of servicing gifted students. Studies indicate that students accelerated before high school outperform older peers on high school and college outcome measures. Appropriately accelerated students achieve more academic success and experience more academic and social satisfaction than students who are not accelerated at all or who are not accelerated enough. Gifted Black children face many barriers to successful acceleration, and it is the job of upstander parents to find the resources or expertise to provide their children with an appropriate education. The five phases of advocating for acceleration for gifted Black students are: (1) Recognition; (2) Research; (3) Planning; (4) Implementation; and (5) Reflection. Two sidebars present examples of accelerated gifted Black students and resources for upstander parents considering acceleration.